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Today’ Question

Venus holds the unique distinction among all the planets in our solar system as it takes longer to rotate on its axis than to orbit the Sun. Remarkably, a single rotation on its axis takes about 243 Earth days, while it only requires around 225 Earth days to complete one orbit around the Sun. This means that, bizarrely, a day on Venus lasts longer than a Venusian year. This slow rotation contributes to Venus’s extreme weather patterns and its thick, toxic atmosphere, making it a planet of severe and startling contrasts.
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